Percy: A Tragedy
By Hannah More
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Hannah More (1745-1833) was one of the defining Christian female voices of Georgian Britain. An influential Evangelical writer, her vast literary output included essays, hymns, plays, poems, popular tracts (her Cheap Repository Tracts sold millions of copies) and a novel, while her philanthropic spirit established schools for children, woman's clubs and improved the conditions of the poor.She was a member of The Blue Stockings Society of England, and was connected with many notable figures of her era, including Edmund Burke, David Garrick, Samuel Johnson, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Horace Walpole, and the abolitionist William Wilberforce, whose campaign to end the British slave trade was greatly aided by her poem Slavery.Hannah steadfastly supported piety, traditional Christian values and education - her zeal even taking on Thomas Paine and the French Revolution.As England began to grapple with its industrial and scientific revolutions, More helped prepare British society for the challenges of the 19th century by promoting Biblical values and Evangelical social reforms. She was a paragon of her age, and a beacon for Christ.
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Percy - Hannah More
Hannah More
Percy
A Tragedy
EAN 8596547207641
DigiCat, 2022
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A TRAGEDY,
BY MRS. HANNAH MORE.
AS PERFORMED AT THE THEATRES ROYAL.
London
REMARKS.
DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
PERCY.
ACT THE FIRST.
ACT THE SECOND.
ACT THE THIRD.
ACT THE FOURTH.
ACT THE FIFTH.
The following Works,
PRINCIPLES OF PUNCTUATION;
PRINCIPLES of ELOCUTION;
CLAREMONT. A Poem.
By Thomas Harral . The Second Edition.
ANNALS OF HEALTH AND LONG LIFE;
GEMS OF BRITISH POESY,
GEMS OF BRITISH POESY,
PRINCIPLES OF THE SCIENCES;
A TRAGEDY,
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IN FIVE ACTS.
BY MRS. HANNAH MORE.
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CORRECTLY GIVEN,
AS PERFORMED AT THE THEATRES ROYAL.
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London:
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PRINTED BY AND FOR D. S. MAURICE,
Fenchurch Street;
SOLD BY
T. HUGHES, 35, LUDGATE STREET; J. BYSH, 52, PATERNOSTER ROW;
J. CUMMING, DUBLIN; J. SUTHERLAND, EDINBURGH; &c. &c.
REMARKS.
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This tragedy, in which Mrs. Hannah More is supposed to have been assisted by Garrick, was produced at Covent Garden Theatre, in 1778, with success; and revived, in 1818, at the same Theatre.
The feuds of the rival houses of Percy and of Douglas have furnished materials for this melancholy tale, in which Mrs. More¹ has embodied many judicious sentiments and excellent passages, producing a forcible lesson to parental tyranny. The victim of her husband's unreasonable jealousy, Elwina's virtuous conflict is pathetic and interesting; while Percy's sufferings, and the vain regret of Earl Raby, excite and increase our sympathy.
DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
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PERCY.
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ACT THE FIRST.
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SCENE I. A GOTHIC HALL.
Enter Edric and Birtha.